OF GARDENING. 
‘March. 
his Hyacinths from the Severity of 
Frofts, without choaking them for Want of Air. 
a Their Stems will, by this Management, now be 
4 . advancing apace, and he muft prepare for their 
‘ 3 Support. .The Weight of a. double Hyacinth 1s 
: too much for its Stalk ; which, though thick, is 
juicy. 
There is a great dest of the Beauty loft when 
the Flowers droop, and this is the Time to pre- 
- vent it, 
Stalk. 
Near every Root let there be sai into. the 
‘Ground a fhort but ftrong Stick; not’ Willow 
_ &refh cut, as I have feen in many Places ; for it 
will fhoot ‘at this Seafon, and drawing: Nourith- | 
ment for itfelf, will ftarve the Root. © © 
_~ Let it be a dry Piece of Wood, painted’ iat 4 
pale green, like the Stalk itfelf, and not exceed- 
ing its known and expected Growth in Height. 
The great Care mutt be to thruft this fo deep into 
the Ground that it may be firm ; “fo near the 
Plant that the Stalk may be fattened 'toit without 
Violence ; and yet not to touch the Root.” 
It will ‘thus anfwer the’ Purpofe; and fe’ un-. 
- feen: for they have little Notion’ of a Garden, 
who think tall, carv’d, and painted Sticks an 
Ornament. The Art is to conceal the: Support, 
and even the Tyéing:° ‘This fhould' therefore be 
done with green loofe Yarn, and no | ra gke 
End be left hanging. . P28 
Let none blame this Attention to the leaft 
Things : they are the moft neglected. | 
The Auriculas are’ in the fame Condition with 
thefe Plants, budding for’ Flower : they will re- 
knows his Kinds, and. where he. is to expect a 
=. ee | 
a Tying of the fame Colour. © 
Let the Plants be carefully guarded from cold 
‘Winds and too much Rain : but; on, the other: | 
"Hand, Jet them not either be choak’d by, ovary 
ing, or deftroy’d for Want of Water. | 
Let. the Air come.to:them freely;: though cold 
Blafts: are. kept off ; and. when the Mould is. dry, |, 
this, Care muft be taken not to hurt the Buds. 
It ‘muft be fprinkled from a fmall Pot round the 
Edges of the Mould; for if any Quantity of it 
fall upon the Part where the Bud is rifing, it will 
lodge there, and will rot ; or, at leaft, greatly da- 
mage the tender Part of the Stem. 
This Care being taken of the Spring Flowers, 
IN? 29. 
Boibh Al Wc 
E have directed the Gardener to fhelter 
by giving a Sa Help” for the: 
can be done without injuring the Roots : 
quire the fame Care and Attention 5 and he who | 
Jet then have a little Waters: but;-in the giving |. 
I. 
~The Management of the Flower-Garden. 
it will be proper to look to the choicer Kinds of 
‘thofe for a more advanced Seafon. | 
The Reader will remember what we direéted to 
be done fome Time fince to the Pots of Auricu- 
las; the fame will be now needful to be done to 
the Carnations ; and the flowering of thefe Plants 
well depends greatly upoii this Dreffing. 
The preceding Autumn many fine Carnations 
| were direéted to be potted for this Seafons flow- 
ering ; it is thefe that now require dreffing. 
| - Kirk let all dead Leaves be taken off, and let 
the Surface of the Mould then be ftir’d with a ~ 
Trowel, taking Care to break it as far down as) 
then let: 
this. broken Earth be taken off, and frefh Coms' 
poft of: the proper Kind: put in its Place. . This 
done, give a gentle Watering to all. the Pots. 
round. the Edges; and repeat it-from Time tO: 
Time as the Mould grows dry. .. ats 
__» Nature.is.now. at : work; in. the Root; 
forming the intended. Flower,, — fhe. will be, 
thus. fopoatine a at the Time.when.that is mott. 
needed, 
thofe Annuals: He stg are:to be tais’d go tl — 
remain.; thefe. forming a kind, of. Clutters; tho’. 
not ‘of the moft” fpecious F lowers, yet are. pretty, 
Ornaments, -and ferve. the great Supe of Ya- 
Iriety. 
ees they. he elt difpos'd, ‘they. ae as i eee 
'Thickets breaking in upon the Uniformity of the 
‘Plantation. in the Borders ; and the taller ‘and 
| more fpetious Flowers thew theirifelves more ‘di- 
| ftinély and more gracefully ‘by this” Mixer; 
than when the Eye j is catry’d on from One to an. 
other in an uninterrupted Manner. eo . 
| This “Week Tet, feveral’ Spots ‘of. a yard iM 
Length, and of the Breadth’ of ae Border, be 
Support, by a finall ae ie. the Stall, and by. fown for this Purpofe, with the Ketinia Ve ofic jearia, 
double Poppy, and Candy 7 ft and, in appropria- 
ted. Places. let the Gardener. pur in fome’ Sweet. 
and 7% angier Peale. ° ) 
Where there is a difagreeable’ Stump, or other 
7 ‘natural Deformit) that cannot well ‘be remov'd, 
thefe” hide it; 
they" will run’ up the diftbredable 
Part, and: cover, it tht Fibwiers 3 as swell as Fo. 
liage. oe 
At that is ‘tobe done to thee {everal Plants 
is to thin them where they rife too clofe; and let 
the Gardener, in this, as well as other Inftances, 
remember that the univerfal Error is leaving thefe | 
too neat. A few well nourifh’d Plants will fill 
the Spot, atid anfwer the Purpofe better, as well 
as be in themfelves handfomer, than a greater 
Number of the fame Kinds ftarv’d and crowded. 
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